$190 million in capital investments in our communities for our housing projects, schools, roads, bridges, marina, hospitals, parks, harbors, airport, correctional center, reservoirs, water systems and cemeteries. Also, over $2 million in grants to Easterseals Hawai`i, Kaua`i Habitat for Humanity, Halawai `Ohana o Hanalei, Hui Maka`āinana o Makana, Kapa`a Business Association, Inc., Kaua`i, Economic Opportunity, Inc., Kaua`i Food Bank, Inc., Kaua`i Humane Society, Kaua`i Philippine Cultural Center, Kaua`i Planning & Action Alliance, Inc. and funding to the Kekaha Agricultural Association for a post-harvest processing center.
This year, funding was provided for up to 114 units at the Kapa`a Public Housing, additional funding for the rental housing revolving fund, State Rental Supplement Program, Homeless Programs, and the Native American Housing assistance as well as significant infrastructure projects that will help support expanded housing creation, including water system expansions in Līhu`e and Kapa`a.
Additional biosecurity positions to stop the influx of invasive species and funding for Lehua Island upgrades and dangerous metal removal. Funding for
improvements to Nā Pali-Kona Forest Reserve, Koke’e Baseyard, Koke`e State Park road and parking improvements, Waimea Canyon lookouts, Polihale State Park improvements to the roads, comfort stations, pavilions and cultural and environmental resource security, Captain Cook Memorial Park repairs to the walls, fencing and tennis courts and Kaua`i Department of Water plans and design for environmental reviews.
Additional funding specifically for Kaua`i mental health services, and Aging Partnerships. Additional funding statewide for Home & Community Based Services, Applied Behavioral Analysis for children with autism, mental health services for child and adolescents, emergency medical services, early intervention services with infants and toddlers, to increase speech pathology services, mobile treatment clinics and homeless programs. Extensive funding was also set aside for health care facilities, which includes Wilcox, Ohana Pacific, Samuel Mahelona for clinic renovation, emergency department expansion, infrastructure master plan and a new psychiatric unit, and Kaua`i Veterans Memorial for emergency operating room upgrades and renovation.
Additional funding for the Community College Hawai`i Promise Scholarship Program, for more educational assistants and vice principals, for Advance Placement (AP) Courses & Exams, to improve middle school education, for summer learning hubs, and work readiness programs. Substantial funding was included for improvements for Kapa`a Elementary School Gym, King Kaumuali`i Parking, Kekaha Elementary School Play Court, Kawaikini New Century Public Charter School Classroom & Performance Area, Waimea High School Basketball Court resurfacing, Kapa`a High School Upgrade to the Gym, Track and Field, Kaua`i Community College for Staff/Student Housing study and funding for a temporary library in Princeville.
Executive Chambers – Honolulu DAVID Y. IGE – GOVERNOR August 18, 2022 The Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi President of the Senate Thirty-First State Legislature State Capitol, Room 409 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813 Aloha Senator Kouchi: I am pleased to let you know that my administration has released funding for the following Capital…
Executive Chambers – Honolulu DAVID Y. IGE – GOVERNOR August 1, 2022 The Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi President of the Senate Thirty-First State Legislature State Capitol, Room 409 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813 Aloha Senator Kouchi: I am pleased to let you know that my administration has released funding for the following Capital…
Executive Chambers – Honolulu DAVID Y. IGE – GOVERNOR June 28, 2022 The Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi President of the Senate Thirty-First State Legislature State Capitol, Room 409 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813 Aloha Senator Kouchi: I am pleased to let you know that my administration has released funding for the following Capital…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi — Today, in the presence of students, teachers and advocate groups, Governor David Ige signed SB 2821 SD2 HD1 CD1 into law. This measure requires the Department of Education to provide menstrual products free of charge to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Līhuʻe, Kauai – Today, Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (District 8 – Kauaʻi and Niʻihau) applauded the $1.9 million Department of Defense grant awarded by the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program to three organizations on Kauaʻi. This grant…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Līhuʻe, Kauai – PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has selected Natalie Lett, a junior at Kauaʻi High School, to participate in its annual summer academy, which will take place at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – On June 9, 2022, the Board of Land and Natural Resources announced that they have approved Senate Resolution 106 introduced by Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi. SR 106 urged the Board of Land and Natural Resources…
Executive Chambers – Honolulu DAVID Y. IGE – GOVERNOR May 3, 2022 The Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi President of the Senate Thirty-First State Legislature State Capitol, Room 409 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813 Aloha Senator Kouchi: I am pleased to let you know that my administration has released funding for the following Capital…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6291 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (District 8 – Kauaʻi and Niʻihau) announced today the name of eleven (11) Kauaʻi organizations that were chosen to receive grant-in-aid (GIA) awards from the Hawaiʻi State Legislature. After a two-year…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (District 8 – Kauaʻi and Niʻihau) and the Kauaʻi House delegation – Representatives Nadine Nakamura, Dee Morikawa, and James Kunane Tokioka – have secured over $200 million in capital improvement projects…